Like many, I would not have been able to attend law school without the ability to keep working and go to class from where ever I might have been in the world on any given day. Concord Law is a very good school. The subjects and concepts taught are the same as those taught in Harvard, Yale or any other aba school you can name. I had several professors and lecturers that graduated from those law schools. Do a search for Arthur R Miller, the first couple of years you hear that guys voice in your sleep. Not being a aba certified school is an irritation but the obstacles imposed by living in a state other than California are not that difficult to overcome with a little creativity and time. One day the aba will certify distant learning schools of which I guarantee Concord Law will be the first and it’s probably not too far off in the future.

The best advice that I can give is that law school is not easy, and the decision to attend should only be made after fully considering the price that is required. I’m not referring to the financial price, although it is considerable. I’m talking about the emotional, physical and psychological price that is required by law school of anyone willing to undertake the endeavor. It is significant. After that, law school is what you make of it at Concord or any other place.

I couldn't have become a lawyer without the distance option. I thought Concord was the best choice out of all the distance schools. Now I'm a practicing attorney and law school pedigree makes absolutely no difference to my career or the results I get for my clients.

Concord provided a pretty good legal education. I did my undergraduate work at Cal, and I can say without a doubt that the professors at Concord in general are much more attentive to the students than the ones at Cal were. I'm surprised to hear the comments of disgruntled students. I'm curious how much they actually tried to contact the professors. I found them to be pretty responsive and helpful by-and-large (absent a few duds).

I laughed at the comments about the "cheerleading lady" in the Capstone Class. Indeed, she was annoying, but her partner, Professor Bracci is actually one of the best bar prep lecturers in the nation--so it all balances out.

I was challenged and stretched all the way through. The curriculum was rigorous. All-in-all, a great program.

The only rub is this...The students by-and-large are sub-par. For example, out of the 40 students in my 1L class, only 4 actually passed the bar exam. And this was BEFORE Concord was approved for federal student loans. Now the student quality is really dismal.

Student comments in class chats were generally lame and showed a lack of preparation and understanding. The prospective students who stated that the admission process was rigorous are fooling themselves. Concord will take anyone with a BA and a credit card. Now, with Federal Student Aid, they will take anyone with a BA and a delusion.

If you are smart and hard working, you will do well with Concord. Otherwise, you will probably end up bitter like many of the posters to this site.

Good luck!

DO NOT ATTEND THIS SCHOOL IF YOU NEED FINANCIAL AID. I HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF MAJOR.

I HAVE BEEN WITH THE SCHOOL FOR 6 MONTHS NOW AS A 1L TAKING THE BABY BAR IN OCT 2011 AND HAVENT SEE A PENNY. I AM NOW WORKING 2 JOBS TO PAY FOR MY TUITION CASH OR THEY WILL DROP ME MIDWAY.

TALKING ABOUT CONTRACT OF ADHESION HERE AND WILLFUL MISREPRESENTATION AND NEGLECT.

I have to say that I'm really impressed with the program and the faculty. No where else (not even at a brick and mortar school) can you get a wide range of professors. Not only are the students attending from all around the world (literally), but also the professors.

Unlike a brick and mortar that ONLY has professors from one physical geographic region, I had professors that were well known in their fields, teaching from all over the country. For instance, my patent law course had lectures from a Harvard law professor, etc. I have an undergraduate engineering degree from U of CO, and did my business school grad degree at MIT, and Concord is just as tough (it's no cake walk, not even close).

Just like some of the other postings have noted on here, you get out of it, what you put into it. I actually started the program for "fun" before, and had to actually withdraw because I underestimated it.

I then decided to start up again, having had a better understanding of the undertaking. It's now almost 2011 and I just finished my very very last class. I'm still doing it for "fun", but like I said, it's really tough, but I've learned a WHOLE LOT.

Granted, there are some inconveniences in that there's no physical place to go to (like a poster has noted here with their financial aid), but the benefits outweigh those issues (and there will always be issues with anything you try any where).

I didn't use finaid as the program, but I did have contact with that office only because there was some mixed up paperwork (so, it is true what the prior poster noted), but it was also during the period when Kaplan U fully took over Concord, and I imagine there was some integration pains ... to be expected, having worked in corporate America long enough to know.

Speaking of finaid, the program is incredibly inexpensive, when compared to a traditional school. So ... on to take the Bar ... lets see how that "fun" goes .. wish me luck!

I am in the application process for Concord, and I have to say that I'm fed up reading on here about how schools try to mis-portray their passing rates.

Poeple, don't rely on the schools to give you this information (seriously!). Go to the California Bar website, go to law schools, and they post their own statistics. Concord has by far the largest number of test takers and still retains the common average of about 25% of all correspondent and distance education schools. The only ones with higher passing rates are the ones where only half a dozen or so people took the bar or baby bar from that school.

From everything I've read, online legal education is what it is. It's benefit of flexibility is balanced by a bunch of other hurdles and hoops to jump through. Decide if it's best for you, and if it is, I don't see any reason to choose other than Concord. I say if you can go to a brick and mortar ABA accredited law school DO IT!!! If it's not an option, then choose Concord (I was quite impressed to hear the gal in admissions say that too).